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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

Iowa rates for HCPCS 86816

Determines which tissue markers of the HLA-DR and HLA-DQ groups a person carries, from a blood sample. These markers differ widely from person to person and are compared between a donor and a recipient before a transplant to judge how well they match. The same typing is also used in the assessment of certain immune conditions.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing cost?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$30.20$23.44 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$30.20 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $23 to $87Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $20 to $200
$20$50$100$200facility $54professional $30

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$75.86
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$75.86
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in South Dakota than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Iowa· 14th of 51

$36.31

SD $54.95MD $22.39

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.